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Tennis player’s kind gesture isn’t forgotten by ball girl (4 Photos)

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga is a French professional tennis player who has been ranked as high as #5 in the world. He’s won over $18 million in prize money over his career and has 12 career singles titles. In last year’s Australian Open, Tsonga was in the headlines not for his play on the court but for a gesture he made towards a ball girl in distress.

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The ball girl was fighting back tears after she got hit in the face with a ball while also suffering from sickness. Jo-Wilfried saw that and took action. A selfless move by the Frenchman to take time out of his match to help the ball girl out, and it seems his gesture was not forgotten.

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Tsonga tweeted out a letter that the girl sent to him during this year’s Australian Open, thanking him for what he did for her. The letter reads:

“Dear Mr Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,

I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you for helping me out on court during your round 2 match. I’m not sure if you remember me but I was the ball girl you escorted off court.

I would also like to take the opportunity to apologise for the times when you asked for the ball but I did not service it to you or acknowledge you. I had picked up a virus which I was unaware of and it caused me to become dizzy and lightheaded. This also affected my vision and hearing. I apologise for not being able to perform my duties as a ball kid to the high standards that are expected.

Thank you so much for the kindness that you showed me. I really appreciate that you were able to see that I needed some help and were kind enough to escort me off court.”

She ended the note by wishing him well during the next round of matches he is set to play, and she signed off as “Giuliana, AO Ballkid no. 180.”

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